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Builders
A strong idea is not a route to market.
Builders need access to the companies, partners, capital and decisions that can move the work forward. Not another room full of people “interested in innovation.”
For builders45°NORD
Guiding innovation through terrain.
Switzerland and Europe have the power to shape what comes next. Our mission is to unleash it.
The science, technology, talent and industrial strength are world-class. Innovation is not the constraint. Navigation is.
45°NORD helps that power move—across builders, companies and places.
See the systemOne system / Three levels
Innovation cannot be unleashed one level at a time.
Builders shape what is possible. Companies shape what is adopted and scaled. Places shape who meets, what flows and what compounds.The dynamics between them determine what moves. That’s why 45°NORD works across all three.
One connected systemMove through the three levels
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Companies
A strategy deck is not movement.
Companies need to know what deserves attention, what to test and how it reaches operations before the momentum disappears.
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Places
A collection of tenants is not an ecosystem.
Places need a credible role, an operating model and reasons for the right actors to work together. Not a calendar full of disconnected events.
For placesScroll to move through the system01 / Builders
The space between
We work where innovation changes hands.
Between builders and buyers. External ideas and internal operations. Tenants and the wider ecosystem.
We map the terrain, align the actors and build the route until something moves.
That is how innovation ecosystems are built: not by adding more activity, but by making the handovers work.
Built from experience across startups, corporate leadership, innovation locations, universities, investors and public institutions.
Why 45°NORD
Why 45°NORD
Start with what is stuck
Where is innovation getting lost on the way through?
Bring us the challenge, handover or place that should be moving—and isn’t.